A North Augusta man was charged Wednesday with rape following a family gathering in Grovetown last weekend.

Timothy Leighton Cook, 25, of the 700 block of McKenzie Street, is accused of raping a woman who had been “put to bed” at about 10 p.m. Sunday after becoming intoxicated, according to a Grovetown Police Department incident report.

UPDATE: Christopher Sean Bowers, 23, was sentenced under a plea agreement to life in prison plus 20 years without the possiblity of parole for his role in the 2009 murder of Kay Parsons. His mother, Rebecca Bowers Sears, 44, is expected to also enter a plea.

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A Columbia County mother and son accused of murdering a neighbor in 2009 are expected to plead guilty at a Friday sentencing hearing in Evans.